Executive Director - Center for a Non Violent Community
Principal - Spinitar
Founder and Co-Director - Soil Born Farms
Senior Pastor - First Christian Church of Napa
President - Asian Pacific Community Counseling
CEO - Vocational Improvement Program
Executive Director, Alliance for Community Transformations
Executive Director - Northern California Child Development
Executive Director - Folsom Cordova Community Partnership
Executive Director - KidZCommunity - Placer Community Action Council
BUSINESSES WITH a web presence, particularly those that are consumer-facing, are increasingly being sued over website accessibility issues that prevent visually impaired individuals from using a website. While the number of such cases has been growing, 2,281 website accessibility lawsuits were filed nationwide in 2023, down from 2,387 the prior year and 2,352 in 2021, …
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CAL/OSHA has proposed new regulations that would incorporate California’s new workplace violence prevention law — which took effect July 1 — into Title 8, the set of regulations that covers workplace safety in the Golden State. However, the proposed rules add a number of new requirements that some safety observers say would be unworkable in …
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ARE YOU due for a workers’ compensation premium audit? Audits are how insurance rates are determined, and it’s possible that an audit will uncover information that can actually save you money — or not if you’ve hired additional staff and haven’t notified your insurer. In any case, it pays to be prepared and you can …
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CAL/OSHA is working on new rules that would crack down on and step up enforcement and penalties against California employers that commit “egregious” and “enterprise-wide” workplace safety violations. To enforce the impending rules, the agency is ramping up the hiring of investigators to identify egregious violators and to refer more employers for criminal prosecution. The …
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THE EQUAL Employment Opportunity Commission has issued updated workplace harassment guidance for employers, increasing possible exposure to employee-initiated lawsuits. These are federal guidelines, meaning that they open a new avenue for potential employment practices liability exposure. Employers should understand this new guidance to ensure they don’t run afoul of the law and risk being sued …
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